UA­MO­SI

Ukwa­hlu­le­lwa kwe­zi­zwe eza­khe­le­ne loI­sra­ye­li

1Ama­zwi kaA­mo­si owa­ye­pha­ka­thi kwa­be­lu­si be­The­kho­waa, awa­bo­na ngoI­sra­ye­li, ensu­kwi­nib zi­kaU­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­dac, le­nsu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mud indo­da­na ka­Jo­wa­shi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li, imi­nya­ka emi­bi­li nga­pha­mbi ko­ku­za­ma­za­ma ko­mhla­bae.

2 Wa­se­si­thi:

INko­si iza­bho­nga ise­Zi­yo­nif, ikhu­phe ili­zwi la­yo ise­Je­ru­sa­le­mag; le­nda­wo zo­ku­hla­la za­be­lu­sih zi­za­li­la, le­ngqo­ngai ye­Kha­rme­lij ibu­ne.

3 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nge­nxa ye­zi­pha­mbe­ko ezi­nta­thukl ze­Da­ma­se­kom, la­nge­nxa ye­zi­nen, ka­ngi­yi­ku­pha­mbu­la isi­je­zi­so sa­bo, ngo­ba ba­bhu­leo iGi­le­ya­dip nge­mbu­lo ze­nsi­mbiq.

4 Nga­kho ngi­za­thu­me­la umli­lo endli­nir ka­Ha­za­ye­li, oza­qe­da izi­go­dlo zi­ka­Be­ni­ha­da­dis.

5 Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­phu­la umgo­qot we­Da­ma­se­kou, ngi­qu­me umhla­li we­gce­kev leA­ve­niw, lo­phe­the into­ngax, esu­ka eBe­ti-E­de­niy; nja­lo aba­ntu be­Si­ri­ya ba­za­thu­nje­lwa eKi­riza, itsho iNko­si.

6 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nge­nxa ye­zi­pha­mbe­ko ezi­nta­thub ze­Ga­zacd, la­nge­nxa ye­zi­ne, ka­ngi­yiku­ku­pha­mbu­la; ngo­ba baba­thu­mba ngo­ku­thu­njwa oku­phe­le­le­yoe, uku­thi baba­ni­ke­lef e-E­do­mag.

7 Nga­kho ngi­za­thu­me­la umli­lo emdu­li­ni we­Ga­za, oza­qe­da izi­go­dlo za­yoh.

8 Ngi­qu­me umhla­li eA­shi­do­diij, lo­phe­the into­ngak eA­shi­ke­lo­nilm, ngi­phe­ndu­le­le isa­ndla sa­mi ngi­me­le­nen leE­khi­ro­niop; nja­lo insa­li ya­ma­Fi­li­stiqr iza­bhu­bha; itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­va.

9 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nge­nxa ye­zi­pha­mbe­ko ezi­nta­thus ze­Ti­ret, la­nge­nxa ye­zi­neu, ka­ngi­yi­ku­pha­mbu­la isi­je­zi­so sa­bo, ngo­ba baba­thu­mba ngo­ku­thu­njwa oku­phe­le­le­yov babe­sa kuE­do­maw, ka­ba­khu­mbu­la­nga isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­ba­za­lwa­nex.

10 Nga­kho ngi­za­thu­me­la umli­lo emdu­li­ni we­Ti­re oza­qe­da izi­go­dlo za­yoy.

11 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nge­nxa ye­zi­pha­mbe­ko ezi­nta­thuz zeE­do­maab, la­nge­nxa ye­zi­ne, ka­ngi­yi­kuku­pha­mbu­la, ngo­ba ya­xo­tsha­nac la­ba­fo­wa­bod nge­nke­mbae, yo­na­ka­li­sa izi­ha­wu za­yo, lo­la­ka lwa­yo lwa­da­bu­da­bu­la nja­lo­nja­lof, ya­gci­na intu­ku­the­lo ya­yo ko­ku­phe­la.

12 Nga­kho ngi­za­thu­me­la umli­log eThe­ma­nih oza­qe­da izi­go­dloi ze­Bho­zi­raj.

13 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nge­nxa ye­zi­pha­mbe­ko ezi­nta­thuk za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nil, la­nge­nxa ye­zi­ne, ka­ngi­yi­ku­pha­mbu­la isi­je­zi­so sa­bo, ngo­ba ba­qha­qha abe­si­fa­za­na aba­zi­thwe­le­yo be­Gi­le­ya­dim, uku­ze ba­ndi­se umngce­le wa­bon.

14 Nga­khoo ngi­za­phe­mba umli­lop emdu­li­ni we­Ra­baq, oza­qe­da izi­go­dlo za­yor, ngo­ku­me­me­za osu­kwi­ni lwe­mpis, nge­si­phe­pho osu­kwi­ni lwe­si­vu­ngu­za­ne;

15 le­nko­si ya­bo iza­ku­ya eku­thu­njwe­nit, yo­na ka­nye le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­you; itsho iNko­si.

2Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nge­nxa ye­zi­pha­mbe­ko ezi­nta­thua zi­ka­Mo­wa­bib, la­nge­nxa ye­zi­ne, ka­ngi­yi­ku­pha­mbu­la isi­je­zi­so sa­bo, ngo­ba wa­tshi­sa ama­tha­mbo enko­si yeE­do­ma aba yi­ka­la­gac.

2 Nga­kho ngi­za­thu­me­la umli­lo ko­Mo­wa­bi, oza­qe­da izi­go­dlod ze­Ke­ri­yo­thie, uMo­wa­bi afe­le pha­ka­thi ko­ku­xo­ko­ze­laf, ngo­ku­me­me­za, ngo­ku­kha­la ko­pho­ndog.

3 Ngi­qu­me uma­hlu­le­li asu­ke pha­ka­thi kwa­kheh, ngi­bu­la­le zo­nke izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­khe ka­nye la­ye, itsho iNko­si.

4 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nge­nxa ye­zi­pha­mbe­ko ezi­nta­thui za­ko­Ju­da, la­nge­nxa ye­zi­nej, ka­ngi­yi­ku­pha­mbu­la isi­je­zi­so sa­bo, ngo­ba ba­wa­li­le umla­yo we­Nko­sik, ka­ba­gci­na­nga izi­mi­so za­yol, la­ma­nga abo aba­du­hi­si­lem, oyi­se aba­wa­la­nde­la­yon.

5 Nga­khoo ngi­za­thu­me­la umli­lo ko­Ju­dap, fu­thiq uza­qe­da izi­go­dlo ze­Je­ru­sa­le­mar.

Uku­gwe­tshwa ku­kaI­sra­ye­li

6 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nge­nxa ye­zi­pha­mbe­ko ezi­nta­thus za­koI­sra­ye­li, la­nge­nxa ye­zi­net, ka­ngi­yi­ku­pha­mbu­la isi­je­zi­so sa­bo, ngo­ba ba­the­ngi­sa olu­ngi­le­you nge­si­li­vav, lo­swe­la­yo nga­ma­nya­the­la ama­bi­liw,

7 aba­phe­fu­ze­le­lax uthu­li lo­mhla­bay olu­phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­ba­ya­ngaz, ba­pha­mbu­ki­sa indle­la ya­ba­mne­nea; nja­lo umu­ntu lo­yi­se ba­ya ento­mbi­nib, uku­ze ba­ngco­li­se ibi­zo la­mi eli­ngcwe­lec.

8 Ba­ca­mba­la­le eze­mba­thwe­ni ze­si­ba­mbi­sod ece­le­ni kwa­le­lo la­le­lo ila­thie, ba­na­the iwa­yi­ni la­ba­la­hli­we­yof e­ndlini ya­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­bog.

9 Ka­nti mi­na nga­chi­tha umA­mo­ri pha­mbi kwa­boh, obu­de ba­khe ba­bu­nje­ngo­bu­de ba­ma­se­da­rii, eqi­ne nje­nga­ma-o­khi*j; ko­dwa nga­chi­tha isi­the­lo sa­khe nga­phe­zu­luk, le­mpa­nde za­khe nga­pha­nsil.

10 Fu­thi mi­na nga­le­nyu­sa eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­them, nga­li­kho­khe­la enka­nga­la imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­nen, uku­ze li­dle ili­fa le­li­zwe lo­mA­mo­rio.

11 Nga­vu­sa aba­nye ema­do­da­ne­ni enu ba­be nga­ba­pro­fe­thi, laba­nye ema­ja­he­ni enu ba­be nga­ma­Na­zi­rip. Ka­ku­nja­lo yi­ni, li­na ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li? itsho iNko­si.

12 Ko­dwa la­wa­na­thi­sa ama­Na­zi­ri iwa­yi­niq, la­la­ya aba­pro­fe­thi li­si­thi: Li­nga­pro­fe­thir.

13 Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­za­li­ci­nde­ze­la pha­nsis, nje­nge­nqo­la igcwe­le izi­thu­ngo ici­nde­ze­la.

14 Nga­kho uku­ba­le­ka ku­za­bhu­bhat ko­le­ju­ba­neuv, lo­la­ma­ndla ka­yi­ku­qi­ni­sa ama­ndla akhewx, le­qha­we ka­li­yi­ku­khu­lu­la impi­lo ya­loy.

15 Lo­phe­the ida­ndi­li ka­yi­ku­ma, lo­le­nya­wo ezi­lu­la ka­yi­ku­zi­khu­lu­laza, lo­ga­de ibhi­za ka­yi­ku­khu­lu­la impi­lo ya­khebc.

16 Lo­le­nhli­zi­yo eqi­ni­le­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­qha­wed uza­ba­le­ka eze nga­lo­lo­su­ku, itsho iNko­si.

Umse­be­nzi wo­mpro­fe­thi

3Zwa­ni­ni le­li­li­zwi iNko­si eli­khu­lu­me ime­le­ne la­nia, li­na ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lib, ime­le­ne lo­se­ndo lo­nke enga­lwe­nyu­sa eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­thec, isi­thi:

2 Yi­ni ku­phe­lad engi­la­zi­yo ku­zo zo­nke izi­nse­ndo zo­mhla­bae; nga­kho-ke ngi­za­phi­ndi­se­la phe­zu kwe­nu bo­nke ubu­bi be­nuf.

3 Aba­bi­li ba­nga­ha­mba ka­nye­ka­nye yi­ni nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi be­hla­nge­neg?

4 Ka­mbeh isi­lwa­ne si­nga­bho­nga ehla­thi­ni si­nge­la­mpa­ngoi? Ibho­ngo le­si­lwa­ne li­nga­khu­pha ili­zwi la­loj ebha­lwi­nik lwa­lo li­nga­ba­mba­nga lu­tho yi­ni?

5 Inyo­ni inga­we­la emji­bi­le­ni emhla­be­ni la­pho oku­nge­la­si­fu kho­na ku­yol yi­ni? Umji­bi­la unga­tha­nya yi­ni emhla­ba­thi­ni uba unga­ba­mba­nga ulu­thom?

6 Upho­ndo lu­nga­vu­the­lwa yi­ni emzi­nin aba­ntu be­nge­thu­ki? Ku­lo­bu­bio yi­nip emzi­ni iNko­si enga­be­nza­ngaq?

7 Isi­bi­li iNko­si uJe­ho­va ka­ye­nzi lu­tho nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi ye­mbu­ler ice­bo la­yo eli­yi­mfi­hlo ence­kwi­ni za­yo aba­pro­fe­this.

8 Isi­lwa­ne se­si­bho­ngi­let, ngu­ba­ni onga­yi­kwe­sa­ba? INko­si uJe­ho­va isi­khu­lu­mi­le, ngu­ba­ni onga­yi­ku­pro­fe­thau?

Uku­gwe­tshwa kwe­Sa­ma­ri­ya

9 Zwa­ka­li­sa­ni ezi­go­dlwe­ni zeA­shi­do­di le­zi­go­dlwe­ni ze­li­zwe le­Gi­bhi­the, li­thi: Bu­tha­na­ni phe­zu kwe­zi­nta­ba ze­Sa­ma­ri­yav, li­bo­ne izi­phi­thi­phi­thi ezi­nku­lu pha­ka­thi kwa­yo le­zi­nci­nde­ze­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­yow.

10 Ngo­ba ka­ba­kwa­zi ukwe­nza oku­qo­ndi­le­yox, itsho iNko­si, aba­bu­the­le­la udla­ke­la le­nci­tha­ka­lo ezi­go­dlwe­ni za­boy.

11 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Isi­tha, esi­za­zi­nge­le­ze­la ili­zwez, esi­za­kwe­hli­sa ama­ndla akho ku­we, le­zi­go­dlo za­kho zi­pha­ngwea.

12 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nje­nga­lo­kho ume­lu­si eso­phu­la imi­le­nze emi­bi­lib emlo­nye­ni we­si­lwa­ne, lo­ba isi­qa se­ndle­bec, ngo­ku­nja­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­hla­la eSa­ma­ri­yad ba­za­ko­phu­lwa egu­mbi­ni lo­mbhe­dae le­da­ma­se­ko ye­tha­laf.

13 Zwa­ni­ni li­fa­ka­zeg endli­ni ka­Ja­ko­beh, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­va uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­ba­ndlai,

14 uku­thi mhla ngi­za­phi­ndi­se­la izi­pha­mbe­ko zi­kaI­sra­ye­li phe­zu kwa­khe, ngi­za­phi­ndi­se­la fu­thi phe­zu kwa­ma­la­thij eBhe­the­lik, le­mpo­ndo ze­la­thi zi­za­qu­nywal zi­we­le emhla­ba­thi­nim.

15 Ngi­za­tsha­yan indlu ye­bu­si­kao ka­nye le­ndlu ye­hlo­bop, le­zi­ndlu ze­mpo­ndo ze­ndlo­vu zi­za­bhu­bhaq, le­zi­ndlu ezi­nku­lu zi­phe­le; itsho iNko­si.

4Zwa­ni­ni le­li­li­zwia, ma­nko­mo­ka­zi eBa­sha­nib, eli­se­nta­be­nic ye­Sa­ma­ri­yad, eli­ci­nde­ze­la aba­ya­ngae, eli­cho­bo­za aba­swe­la­yof, eli­thi ema­kho­si­ni abo: Le­tha­ni si­na­the.

2 INko­si uJe­ho­va ifu­ngi­le ngo­bu­ngcwe­le ba­yo, uku­thi, kha­nge­la­ni, insu­ku zi­za­fi­ka phe­zu kwe­nu la­pho aba­za­li­hu­du­la nge­zi­ngwe­gweg, la­ba­li­la­nde­la­yo nge­ngwe­gwe zo­ku­ba­mba inhla­nzih.

3 Nja­lo li­za­phu­ma nge­zi­kha­lai, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo pha­mbi kwa­khej, li­zi­pho­se­le nga­se­si­go­dlwe­ni, itsho iNko­si.

UI­sra­ye­li ka­phe­ndu­ke­la­nga eNko­si­ni

4 Wo­za­nik eBhe­the­lil, li­pha­mbe­kem, eGi­li­ga­li la­ndi­se izi­pha­mbe­kon; li­le­the imi­hla­tshe­lo ye­nu eku­se­nio, okwe­tshu­mi kwe­nu ngo­mnya­ka we­si­tha­thup;

5 li­tshi­se umhla­tshe­lo wo­ku­bo­ngaq ngo­ku­vu­tshe­lwe­yor, li­me­me­ze­le imi­ni­ke­lo ye­si­hles, li­zwa­ka­li­se; ngo­ba ngo­ku­nja­lo liku­tha­nda, ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­va.

6 Nga­kho mi­na ngi­li­ni­ki­le fu­thi uku­hla­nze­ka kwa­ma­zi­nyo emi­zi­ni yo­nke ye­nu, le­nswe­lo ye­si­nkwa enda­we­ni ze­nu zo­nket; ka­nti ka­li­phe­ndu­ke­la­nga ki­miu, itsho iNko­si.

7 Fu­thi-ke mi­na nga­li­go­dle­la izu­luv, ku­se­se­le­nya­nga ezi­nta­thu ku­si­ya eku­vu­ne­niw; nga­li­ni­sa ko­mu­nye umu­zix, ko­dwa ka­li­na­nga ko­mu­nye umu­zi; esi­nye isi­qi­nti sa­ne­thwa, ko­dwa isi­qi­nti esi­nga­ne­thwa­nga sa­tsha.

8 Kwa­se­ku­zu­la imi­zi emi­bi­li lo­ba emi­tha­thuy ya­ya­na­tha ama­nzi emzi­ni owo­dwa, ko­dwa ka­yi­kho­lwa­nga; ka­nti ka­li­phe­ndu­ke­la­nga ki­miz, itsho iNko­si.

9 Nga­li­tsha­ya ngo­ku­ha­ngu­ka la­nge­ngu­ma­nea; ukwa­nda kwe­zi­va­nde ze­nu, le­zi­vi­ni ze­nu, le­zi­hla­hla ze­nu ze­mi­khi­wa, le­zi­hla­hla ze­nu ze­mi­hlwa­thi, kwa­dli­wab zi­nte­thec; ka­nti ka­li­phe­ndu­ke­la­nga ki­mid, itsho iNko­si.

10 Nga­thu­me­la pha­ka­thi kwe­nu uma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo, ngo­kwe­ndle­la ye­Gi­bhi­thee, nga­bu­la­la ama­ja­ha enu nge­nke­mba, ka­nye lo­ku­thu­njwa kwa­ma­bhi­za enuf; nja­lo nge­nza ivu­mba le­nka­mba ye­nu le­nyu­ka ngi­tsho ema­kha­le­ni enug; ka­nti ka­li­phe­ndu­ke­la­nga ki­mih, itsho iNko­si.

11 Nga­chi­tha aba­nye pha­ka­thi kwe­nu nje­nga­lo­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­chi­tha iSo­do­ma le­Go­mo­rai, la­li­nje­nge­si­khu­nijk eso­phu­lwe eku­tshe­nilm; ka­nti ka­li­phe­ndu­ke­la­nga ki­min, itsho iNko­si.

12 Nga­kho ngi­za­kwe­nza ngo­ku­nja­lo ku­we, Isra­ye­li; nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ngi­za­kwe­nza lo­khu ku­we, zi­lu­ngi­se­le­le uku­hla­nga­na lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, Isra­ye­lio.

13 Ngo­ba kha­nge­la, obu­mba izi­nta­ba, lo­da­la umo­ya, lo­tshe­la umu­ntu uku­thi umca­ba­ngo wa­khe uyi­nip, owe­nza uku­saq ku­be mnya­mar, onya­the­las ezi­nda­we­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yo zo­mhla­batu, iNko­siv, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­ba­ndla, li­bi­zo la­khew.

UI­sra­ye­li utshe­lwa uku­thi aphe­ndu­ke

5Zwa­ni­ni le­li­li­zwia engi­li­pha­ka­mi­sa phe­zu kwe­nub, isi­li­loc, ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li.

2 Into­mbi emsu­lwa ya­koI­sra­ye­li iwi­led, ka­yi­yi­ku­vu­ka fu­thi; ide­li­we emhla­ba­thi­ni wa­yoe, ka­kho oyi­vu­sa­yo.

3 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Umu­zi ophu­ma la­ba­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­nef uza­sa­la la­ba­li­khu­lu, lo­phu­ma la­ba­li­khu­lu uza­sa­la la­ba­li­tshu­mig, ku­yo indlu kaI­sra­ye­li.

4 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si endli­ni kaI­sra­ye­li: Ngi­di­nga­nih li­phi­lei.

5 Ko­dwa li­nga­di­ngi iBhe­the­lij, li­nga­nge­ni eGi­li­ga­lik, li­nge­dlu­le­li e­Bhe­ri­she­bhal, ngo­ba iGi­li­ga­li iza­thu­njwa lo­ku­thu­njwa, le­Bhe­the­lim iza­ku­ba yi­zen.

6 Di­nga­ni iNko­si li­phi­leo, hle­zi ifo­hle­le indlu ka­Jo­se­fa nje­ngo­mli­lop oqo­thu­la­yo, ku­nga­bi kho­na owu­ci­tsha­yo eBhe­the­liq.

7 Li­na eli­phe­ndu­la isa­hlu­le­lor si­be ngu­mhlo­nya­nes, li­la­li­se uku­lu­nga emhla­ba­thi­nit.

8 Owe­nza isi­Li­me­lau le­zi­Njavw, lo­phe­ndu­lax umthu­nzi wo­ku­fay ube yi­ku­sa, lo­we­nza imi­ni ibe mnya­maza nje­ngo­bu­su­ku, obi­za ama­nzi olwa­ndleb, awa­thu­lu­le ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba­thic; iNko­si li­bi­zo la­khede.

9 Okha­zi­mu­li­sa inci­tha­ka­lo phe­zu ko­la­ma­ndla, uku­ze inci­tha­ka­lo ize phe­zu kwe­nqa­ba.

10 Ba­ya­mzo­ndaf okhu­za­yogh esa­ngwe­nii, ba­ne­ngwe ngo­khu­lu­ma ngo­ku­qo­ndaj.

11 Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi li­nya­the­le­la pha­nsi umya­nga, li­mtha­the­le umthwa­lo wa­ma­be­lek, la­khe izi­ndlu za­ma­tshe aba­zi­we­yol, ko­dwa ka­li­yi­ku­hla­la ku­zo; li­hla­nye­le izi­vi­ni ze­nto­ko­zom, ko­dwa ka­li­yi­ku­na­tha iwa­yi­ni la­zo.

12 Ngo­ba ngi­ya­zi uku­thi izi­pha­mbe­ko ze­nu zi­ne­ngi, loku­thi izo­no ze­nu zi­la­ma­ndla; li­na eli­hlu­pha olu­ngi­le­yo, ele­mu­ke­la isi­va­la­mlo­mo, eli­pha­mbu­la aba­ya­ngan esa­ngwe­niop.

13 Nga­kho ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo uza­thu­la nga­le­so­si­kha­thiq, ngo­ba ku­yi­si­kha­thi esi­bir.

14 Di­nga­ni oku­hle, ha­tshi-ke oku­bi, uku­ze li­phi­les, uku­ze ngo­ku­nja­lo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­ba­ndla ibe la­nit, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­nuu.

15 Zo­nda­ni ubu­bi, li­tha­nde oku­hlev, li­mi­se isa­hlu­le­lo esa­ngwe­niw; mhla­wu­mbe iNko­six uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­ba­ndlay inga­ba le­si­sa ku­nsa­li ya­ko­Jo­se­faz.

16 Nga­kho utsho nja­lo uJe­ho­va, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­ba­ndlaa, iNko­si: Ku­za­ku­ba kho­na isi­li­lo emi­da­nge­ni yo­nkeb, la­ku­zo zo­nke izi­ta­la­da ba­za­ku­thi: Ma­ye! Ma­ye! Nja­lo ba­za­bi­ze­la umli­mi eku­li­le­ni, le­si­li­lo si­za­ku­ba la­ba­zi uku­li­lac.

17 La­ku­zo zo­nke izi­vi­ni ku­za­ku­ba lo­ku­li­la, ngo­ba ngi­za­da­bu­la pha­ka­thi kwe­nud, itsho iNko­si.

18 Ma­ye ku­la­bo aba­lo­yi­sae usu­ku lwe­Nko­si!f Lu­za­ku­ba ngo­lwa­ni ki­ni usu­ku lwe­Nko­si? Lu­za­ku­ba ngu­mnya­mag, ku­nge­yi­si­kho uku­kha­nya.

19 Ku­nje­ngo­mu­ntu oba­le­ke pha­mbi kwe­si­lwa­neh, ahla­nga­ne le­bhe­re; lo­ba ange­ne endli­ni aba­mbe­le­le nge­sa­ndla sa­khe emdu­li­ni, le­nyo­ka imlu­mei.

20 Usu­ku lwe­Nko­sij ka­lu­yi­ku­bak ngu­mnya­ma yi­ni, ha­tshi-ke uku­kha­nya, lo­mnya­ma omkhu­lu onge­la­ku­kha­nya ku­wol?

21 Ngi­ya­yi­zo­nda, ngi­ya­yi­de­le­la imi­kho­si ye­num, ka­ngi­yi­ku­nu­kan emi­hla­nga­nwe­ni ye­nu enzu­luo.

22 Ngo­ba la­nxa li­ni­ke­la ki­mi imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa le­mi­ni­ke­lo ye­nu yo­ku­dlap, ka­ngi­tho­ko­ziq, le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la ye­zi­fu­yo ze­nu ezi­no­ni­le­yor ka­ngi­yi­na­nzis.

23 Su­sa­ni ki­mi umsi­ndo we­zi­ngo­ma ze­nu, ngo­ba ka­ngi­yi­ku­zwat uku­kha­la kwa­ma­cha­cho enuu.

24 Ko­dwa isa­hlu­le­lo ka­si­khu­khu­le nje­nga­ma­nziv, lo­ku­lu­nga nje­nge­si­fu­la esi­ge­le­za nja­low.

25 La­ni­ke­la yi­ni ki­mi imi­hla­tshe­lo le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­dla enka­nga­la okwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne, li­na ndlu kaI­sra­ye­lix?

26 Ko­dwa la­thwa­lay uSi­ku­thi inko­si ye­nu, lo­Khi­wu­ni izi­tho­mbe ze­nuz, inka­nye­zi ka­nku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, eli­ze­nze­le zo­na.

27 Nga­kho ngi­za­li­thu­mbe­la nga­phe­tshe­yaa kwe­Da­ma­se­kob, itsho iNko­sic, obi­zo la­yo ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­ba­ndlad.

Uku­chi­thwa ku­kaI­sra­ye­li

6Ma­ye ku­boa abo­nwa­bi­le­yo eZi­yo­nib, la­ba­vi­ke­le­ki­le­yo enta­be­ni ye­Sa­ma­ri­yac, aba­khe­the­ki­le­yod bo­ku­qa­la be­zi­zwee, aba­yaf ku­bo abe­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li!

2 Dlu­le­la­ni eKa­li­negh, li­bo­ne, li­su­ke la­pho li­ye eHa­ma­thi enku­luij, le­hle­le eGa­thi ya­ma­Fi­li­stik. Ba­ngco­no yi­ni ku­la­li­mi­bu­sol? Umngce­le wa­bo mkhu­lu yi­ni ku­lo­mngce­le we­nu?

3 Li­na eli­be­ka kha­tsha­na usu­ku olu­bim, li­so­nde­za edu­ze isi­hla­lon so­dla­ke­lao.

4 La­bo aba­la­lap phe­zu kwe­mi­bhe­da yo­pho­ndo lwe­ndlo­vuq, ba­ca­mba­la­ler phe­zu kwa­ma­tha­la abos, ba­dle ama­wu­ndlu ave­la emhla­nji­ni, la­ma­nko­nya­na ave­la pha­ka­thi kwe­si­ba­yat;

5 aba­tsho­tsha ngo­ku­kha­la kwe­cha­chou, be­zi­qa­mbe­la izi­nto zo­ku­kha­li­swa, nje­ngo­Da­vi­dav;

6 be­na­tha iwa­yi­ni nge­mi­ga­nu yo­ku­fa­fa­zaw, ba­zi­gco­bex nga­ma­gco­bo akhe­the­ki­le­yoy, ko­dwa ka­ba­da­bu­ke­liz uku­chi­the­ka ku­ka­Jo­se­faa.

7 Nga­kho kha­the­si ba­za­ku­ya eku­thu­njwe­ni la­ba­ku­qa­la aba­ya eku­thu­njwe­nib, le­di­lic la­ba­ca­mba­la­la­yo li­za­su­swad.

8 INko­si uJe­ho­vaef ifu­ngi­le nga­yo uqo­bo, itsho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­ba­ndlag: Ngi­ya­kwe­nya­nya uku­zi­qhe­nya ku­ka­Ja­ko­behi, ngi­zo­nda izi­go­dlo za­khe; nga­kho ngi­za­wu­ni­ke­la umu­zij lo­ku­gcwa­la kwa­wo.

9 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke uba ku­se­le ama­do­da ali­tshu­mi endli­ni eyo­dwa, aza­ku­fak.

10 Nja­lo uma­lu­me wo­mu­ntu uza­mpha­ka­mi­sa, la­lo­wo omtshi­sa­yol, uku­khu­pha ama­tha­mbo endli­ni, abe­se­si­thi ko­se­ma­ce­le­ni endlum: Ku­se­kho­na yi­ni ola­we? nja­lo uza­ku­thi: Ka­kho. Kho­na uza­ku­thi: Thu­lano, ngo­ba ka­ku­si­ko­ku­qa­mba ibi­zo le­Nko­sip.

11 Ngo­ba kha­nge­la, iNko­si iya­la­ya, nja­lo iza­tsha­ya indlu enku­luq ibe yi­zi­hle­phu, le­ndlu enci­nya­ne ibe yi­zi­cu­cur.

12 Ama­bhi­za anga­gi­ji­ma edwa­le­ni yi­ni? umu­ntu anga­li­ma kho­na nge­zi­nka­bi yi­ni? Ngo­ba li­phe­ndu­le­les isa­hlu­le­lo sa­ba yi­nyo­ngot, le­si­the­lo so­ku­lu­nga sa­ba ngu­mhlo­nya­neu.

13 Li­na eli­tho­ko­za nge­nto enge­lu­thov, eli­thi: Ka­si­zi­tha­the­la­nga izi­mpo­ndo yi­ni nga­ma­ndla ethuw?

14 Ngo­ba kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­za­li­vu­se­la, li­na ndlu kaI­sra­ye­lix, itsho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­ba­ndlay, isi­zwe, esi­za­li­hlu­pha ku­su­ke­la eku­nge­ne­niza kwe­Ha­ma­thi ku­ze ku­be se­si­fu­le­nib se­nka­nga­lac.

UA­mo­si utshe­ngi­swa isi­kho­nya­ne lo­mli­lo le­nta­mbo yo­ku­qo­ndi­sa

7INko­si uJe­ho­va ya­ngi­bo­ni­sa ka­njea; kha­nge­la-ke, ya­bu­mba isi­kho­nya­neb eku­qa­le­ni ko­ku­hlu­ma ko­tsha­ni ba­mu­va, nja­lo kha­nge­la, kwa­ku­bu­tsha­ni ba­mu­va emva ko­ku­si­kac kwe­nko­si.

2 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho se­si­qe­di­le uku­dla utsha­ni be­li­zwe, nga­thi: Nko­si Je­ho­va, ake uthe­the­le­le. UJa­ko­be uza­ku­mad nja­ni? ngo­ba emnci­nya­ne.

3 INko­si ya­zi­so­la nga­lo­khue; ka­ku­yi­kwe­nze­ka, itsho iNko­si.

4 INko­si uJe­ho­va ya­ngi­bo­ni­sa ka­njef; kha­nge­la-ke, iNko­si uJe­ho­va ya­bi­za uku­lwa ngo­mli­lo, owa­qo­thu­la uku­ju­la oku­khu­lu wa­qo­thu­la isa­be­lo.

5 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Nko­si Je­ho­va, ake ume. UJa­ko­be uza­ku­mag nja­ni? ngo­ba emnci­nya­ne.

6 INko­si ya­zi­so­la nga­lo­khuh. La­lo­khu ka­ku­yi­kwe­nze­ka, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­va.

7 Ya­ngi­bo­ni­sa ka­njei; kha­nge­la-ke, iNko­si ya­yi­mi emdu­li­ni owe­nzi­wa nje­ngo­kwe­nta­mbo yo­ku­qo­ndi­sa; kwa­ku­le­nta­mbo yo­ku­qo­ndi­sa esa­ndle­ni sa­yoj.

8 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Ubo­na­ni, Amo­sik? Nga­thi: Inta­mbo yo­ku­qo­ndi­sa. INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­be­ka inta­mbo yo­ku­qo­ndi­sa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­lil; ka­ngi­sa­yi­ku­be­dlu­la fu­thim.

9 Ko­dwa inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo zi­kaI­sa­ka zi­za­ku­ba nga­ma­nxi­wa, le­zi­nda­wo ezi­ngcwe­le za­koI­sra­ye­li zi­za­di­li­zwa; ngi­yi­vu­ke­le indlu ka­Je­ro­bo­wa­mu nge­nke­mban.

UA­ma­zi­ya loA­mo­si

10 UA­ma­zi­ya umpri­stio we­Bhe­the­lip wa­se­thu­me­la ku­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­liq, esi­thi: UA­mo­si we­nze ugo­ber eme­le­ne la­we pha­ka­thi kwe­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li; ili­zwe ka­li­la­ku­wa­thwa­la wo­nke ama­zwi akhes.

11 Ngo­ba utsho nja­lo uA­mo­si: UJe­ro­bho­wa­mu uza­ku­fa nge­nke­mbat, loI­sra­ye­li athu­njwe lo­ku­thu­njwa aphu­me eli­zwe­ni la­kheu.

12 UA­ma­zi­ya wa­se­si­thi kuA­mo­si: We­na mbo­niv, ha­mba uba­le­ke­le eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Ju­daw, la­pho udle isi­nkwa kho­nax, la­la­pho upro­fe­the.

13 Ko­dwa eBhe­the­liy unga­be usa­pro­fe­tha fu­thiz, ngo­ba iyi­nda­wo engcwe­lea ye­nko­sib nja­lo iyi­ndlu yo­mbu­so.

14 UA­mo­si wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi kuA­ma­zi­ya: Nga­ngi­nga­su­mpro­fe­thi mi­nac, fu­thi nga­ngi­nga­si­ndo­da­na yo­mpro­fe­thid mi­na; ko­dwa nga­ngi­ngu­me­lu­sie we­nko­mo, lo­mvu­ni we­mi­khi­wa ye­si­kha­mo­ref.

15 Ko­dwa iNko­si ya­ngi­tha­tha eku­la­nde­le­ni umhla­mbi, iNko­si ya­thi ki­mi: Ha­mba uye­pro­fe­tha eba­ntwi­ni ba­mi uI­sra­ye­li.

16 Nga­kho-ke zwa­na ili­zwi le­Nko­sig. We­na uthi: Unga­pro­fe­thi ume­le­ne loI­sra­ye­lih, unga­tshu­ma­ye­li ume­le­nei le­ndlu kaI­sa­kaj.

17 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­sik: Umka­kho uza­wu­la pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zil, la­ma­do­da­na akho la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akho aza­ku­wa nge­nke­mba, le­li­zwe la­ki­ni li­za­kwa­bi­wa nge­nta­mbom, we­na-ke uza­fe­la eli­zwe­ni eli­ngco­li­le­yon, loI­sra­ye­li athu­njwe lo­ku­thu­njwa aphu­me eli­zwe­ni la­kheo.

UA­mo­si utshe­ngi­swa izi­the­lo ze­hlo­bo

8INko­si uJe­ho­va ya­ngi­bo­ni­sa ka­njea; kha­nge­la-ke, isi­tshab se­zi­the­lo ze­hlo­boc.

2 Ya­si­si­thi: Ubo­na­ni, Amo­sid? Nga­thi: Isi­tshae se­zi­the­lo ze­hlo­bof. INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Uku­phe­la se­ku­fi­ki­le eba­ntwi­ni ba­mi uI­sra­ye­lig; ka­ngi­sa­yi­ku­be­dlu­la fu­thih.

3 Ko­dwa izi­ngo­ma ze­the­mpe­li­nii zi­za­qhi­nqa isi­li­lo mhla­lo­kho, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­va; ku­za­ku­ba le­zi­du­mbu ezi­ne­ngij; ku­yo yo­nke inda­wo ba­zazi­pho­se­la ngo­ku­thu­la.

Uku­gwe­tshwa ku­kaI­sra­ye­li se­ku­so­nde­le

4 Zwa­ni­ni lo­khuk, li­nal eli­gi­nya oswe­la­yom, lo­ku­thi li­chi­the aba­ya­nga be­li­zwen;

5 eli­thi: Uku­thwa­sa kwe­nya­ngao ku­za­dlu­la ni­ni uku­ze si­the­ngi­se ama­be­lep? le­sa­ba­thaq uku­ze si­vu­le ingqo­lo­yi, si­se­nza i-e­fa li­be li­nci­nya­ner, si­se­nza ishe­ke­li li­be li­khu­lu, si­pha­mba­ni­sa izi­li­nga­ni­so ze­nko­hli­sos.

6 Uku­ze si­the­nge aba­ya­nga nge­si­li­vat, lo­swe­la­yo nga­ma­nya­the­la ama­bi­liu, ye­bo si­the­ngi­se ama­kho­ba ama­be­lev?

7 INko­si ifu­ngi­lew ngo­bu­kho­si bu­ka­Ja­ko­bexy: Isi­bi­li ka­ngi­yi­ku­kho­hlwa zo­nke ize­nzo za­boz ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.

8 Ka­wu­yi­ku­qha­qha­ze­la yi­nia umhla­bab nga­lo­khu, ali­le la­ye wo­nke ohla­la ku­wocd? Ye­bo ukhu­khu­ma­le wo­nke nje­ngo­mfu­lae, upho­se­ke le la­le utsho­nef1 nje­ngo­mfu­la we­Gi­bhi­thegh.

9 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­ku, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­va, ngi­za­tsho­ni­sa ila­nga emi­ni enku­lui, nge­nze umhla­ba ube mnya­ma emi­ni ekha­nya­yoj.

10 Ngi­phe­ndu­le imi­kho­si ye­nu ibe yi­ku­li­lak, le­ngo­ma ze­nu zo­nke zi­be yi­si­li­lo, ngi­le­the isa­ka enka­lwe­ni zo­nkelm, le­mpa­ba­nga ekha­nda lo­nken, ngi­kwe­nze ku­be nje­nge­si­li­lo sendo­da­na eyo­dwao, lo­ku­ci­na kwa­lo nje­ngo­su­ku olu­ba­ba­yopq.

11 Kha­nge­la, insu­ku zi­ye­za, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­va, la­pho ngi­za­thu­me­la indla­la eli­zwe­nir, ku­nga­bi yi­ndla­la yo­ku­dla, ku­nga­bi nge­yo­ko­me­la ama­nzi, ko­dwa eyo­ku­zwa ama­zwi eNko­sist.

12 Nja­lo ba­za­zu­lau ku­su­ke­la elwa­ndle ku­ze ku­be se­lwa­ndlev, nja­lo ku­su­ke­la enya­ka­tho ku­ze ku­be se­mpu­ma­la­nga, ba­gi­ji­me­le le la­le uku­di­nga ili­zwi le­Nko­siw, ko­dwa be­ngali­tho­li.

13 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku into­mbi ezi­msu­lwa ezi­nhle la­ma­ja­ha aza­qa­le­kax nge­nxa yo­ko­may.

14 La­bo aba­fu­ngaz nge­ca­laa le­Sa­ma­ri­yab ba­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­nku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, Da­nic; lo­ku­thi: Ku­phi­la kwe­ndle­lad ye­Bhe­ri­she­bhae; ba­za­ku­wa-ke, ba­nga­be be­sa­vu­ka.

Ukwe­hlu­le­la kwe­Nko­si

9Nga­bo­na iNko­si imia phe­zu kwe­la­thib, ya­thi: Tsha­ya isi­hlo­koc uku­ze imi­bu­ndu inyi­ki­nye­kede, uba­qu­mef ekha­ndag, bo­nke ba­bo; la­bo­ku­ci­na ba­bo ngi­ba­bu­la­le nge­nke­mbah; ka­ku­yi­ku­ba­le­ka oba­le­ka­yo wa­boi, ka­ku­yi­ku­phu­nyu­ka ophu­nyu­ka­yo wa­bojk.

2 Lo­ba be­ge­bha be­si­ya esi­ho­gwe­nilm, isa­ndla sa­mi si­za­ba­tha­tha kho­na; lo­ba be­khwe­la-ke be­si­ya ema­zu­lwi­nino, ngi­za­be­hli­sa kho­nap;

3 lo­ba be­ca­tsha-ke engqo­nge­ni ye­Kha­rme­liq, ngi­zaba­di­nga ngi­ba­tha­the kho­nar; lo­ba be­ca­tsha-ke ba­su­ke pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ami ku­pha­nsi yo­lwa­ndles, ngi­za­la­ya inyo­ka ive­la la­pho eza­ba­lu­mat;

4 lo­ba be­si­ya-ke eku­thu­njwe­ni pha­mbi kwe­zi­tha za­bo, ngi­za­la­ya inke­mbau ive­la la­pho uku­ze ize­ba­bu­la­la; ngi­mi­se ili­hlo la­miv ngo­ku­bi, ha­tshi-ke ngo­ku­hlew.

5 Nja­lo ku­yi­Nko­si uJe­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndla ethi­nta umhla­ba, uku­ze unci­bi­li­kex, ba­li­le bo­nke aba­hla­la ku­woy, ukhu­khu­ma­le wo­nke nje­ngo­mfu­laz, utsho­neab1 nje­ngo­mfu­la we­Gi­bhi­the.

6 Eya­kha ama­ka­me­lo ayo aphe­zu­lu ema­zu­lwi­nic, ya­mi­sa ama­vi­yo ayo emhla­be­nid, ebi­za ama­nzi olwa­ndlee, iwa­thu­lu­le­le ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­baf; iNko­si li­bi­zo la­yogh.

7 Ki­mi ka­li­nje­nga­ba­ntwa­nai ba­maE­thi­yo­pi­ya yi­nij, li­na ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li? itsho iNko­si. Ka­ngi­khu­phu­la­nga yi­ni uI­sra­ye­li eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, la­ma­Fi­li­stik eKa­fi­to­ril, la­ma­Si­ri­yam eKi­ri?

8 Kha­nge­la, ame­hlo eNko­si uJe­ho­van aphe­zu ko­mbu­so owo­na­yo; nja­lo ngi­za­wu­chi­tha usu­ke ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba, ku­be ka­nti ka­ngi­yi­ku­yi­chi­tha ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo indlu ka­Ja­ko­beo, itsho iNko­si.

9 Ngo­ba kha­nge­la, ngi­za­la­ya ngi­hlu­ngu­le indlu kaI­sra­ye­lip pha­ka­thi kwa­zo zo­nke izi­zwe nje­ngama­be­leq ehlu­ngu­lwa ngo­kho­ma­ne, ko­dwa ka­ku­yi­ku­we­la emhla­ba­thi­ni ili­tshe eli­nci­nya­ner.

10 Zo­nke izo­ni za­ba­ntu ba­mi zi­za­ku­fa nge­nke­mba, ezi­this: Oku­bi ka­ku­yi­ku­fi­nye­le­lat ki­thi ku­mbe kusi­hla­nga­be­zeu.

11 Nga­lo­lo­su­kuv ngi­za­vu­saw idu­mba li­ka­Da­vi­dax eli­wi­le­yo, ngi­va­le izi­kha­la za­lo, ngi­vu­se ama­nxi­wa alo, ngi­la­khe nje­nge­nsu­kwi­ni ze­ndu­lo;

12 uku­ze ba­dle ili­fa le­nsa­li yeE­do­mayz, le­zi­zwe zo­nkea ezi­bi­zwa nge­bi­zo la­mi, itsho iNko­si eye­nza lo­khu.

13 Kha­nge­la, insu­ku zi­ye­zab, itsho iNko­si, la­pho oli­ma­yo eza­so­nde­la ko­vu­na­yoc, lo­nya­the­la izi­the­lo ze­vi­ni ko­hla­nye­la inhla­nye­lod; le­nta­ba zi­za­tho­ntae iwa­yi­ni eli­mna­ndif, la­ma­qa­qa wo­nkeg anci­bi­li­kehi.

14 Nja­lo ngi­za­phe­ndu­la uku­thu­njwa kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­lij, ba­ya­khe imi­zi echi­the­ki­le­yokl, ba­hla­le ki­yo; ba­hla­nye­le izi­vi­nimn, ba­na­the iwa­yi­ni la­zoo, be­nze izi­va­nde, ba­dle izi­the­lo za­zo.

15 Ngi­ba­hla­nye­le eli­zwe­ni la­bop, ba­nga­be be­sa­si­tshu­lwa eli­zwe­niq engi­ba­ni­ke lo­nar, itsho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho.